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594 September 2017 PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
GeoCue Group Inc. (GeoCue) is excited to announce a new
GNSS positioning system that will allow users of DJI Phantom
4 Pros and Inspire 2 drones (as well as most drones using higher
end cameras) to achieve survey-level accuracy with a minimum
of ground control. Loki, our new direct geopositioning system
for small unmanned aerial systems solves the two fundamental
problems associated with this technology:
• Positioning Accuracy – Loki uses the new AsteRx-m2
multi-frequency, multi-constellation GNSS engine from
Septentrio. With 448 hardware channels, finding and
locking satellites is not a problem!
• Camera Events – GeoCue has invented a patent-pending
method of detecting camera events from Phantoms/Inspires
and synchronizing those events to GNSS positioning. No
modifications to the drone are necessary; the adapter cable
is “plug and play.”
Loki is a self-contained kit that provides all of the hardware
and software needed to equip your drone with a Post-Processed
Kinematic (PPK) multifrequency, multi-constellation,
differential, carrier-phase Global Satellite Navigation System
(GNSS). Using a local base station (not included), Loki provides
centimeter level positioning with minimal, and in some cases, no
ground control points (though GCPs are always recommended
for quality assurance). To learn more, visitwww.geocue.com.
CALENDAR
• September 6-8, 10th National GIS in Transit
Conference, Washington, DC. For more information,
visithttp://www.urisa.org/transitgis .
• September 20-21, GIS in the Rockies, Denver, Colorado.
For more information, visithttp://gisintherockies.org/.
• October 23-26, GIS-Pro 2017, Jacksonville, Florida. For
more information, visitwww.gis-pro.org.
• October 24-26, ASPRS UAS Symposium at the
Commercial UAV Expo, , Las Vegas, Nevada. For more
information, visithttp://conferences.asprs.org/uas-2017/.
• November 13-16, Pecora 20, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
For more information, visithttp://pecora.asprs.org/.
• February 5-7, 2018, ASPRS Annual Conference and
International Lidar Mapping Forum, Denver, Colorado. For
more information, visitwww.lidarmap.org/conference.
• March 19-22, 2018, GIS /CAMA Technologies
Conference, Houston, Texas. For more information, visit
http://www.urisa.org/gis-cama-technologies-conference/.
• July 18-22, 2018, COSPAR 2018, Pasadena, California. For
more information, visithttp://www.cospar-assembly.orgor
http://cospar2018.org/
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